Life Takes A Turn
Chapter 21
"Harry I know a few people that wants to join" said Daphne Greengrass but instead of looking happy about it she looked very nervous.
"Ok so why are you so nervous?" asked Harry wondering if he was going to like this.
"Well it's Draco Malfoy, Nott, Crabbe and Goyle" said Daphne.
Harry's eyes widened in disbelief now that he couldn't believe.
"Where are they?" asked Harry.
"Outside the room" whispered Daphne.
"I see" said Harry contemplating this turn of even and turned to his friends their opinion was important to him - more so than the people waiting nervously outside.
"Can we trust him?" asked Ron quietly surprisingly not going on a rant about his father being a Death Eater.
"Veritaserum?" asked Hermione.
"That's hardly fair we haven't used it on any of the others" said Harry softly.
"The spell only stops them talking about it who knows who would and could read his mind" said Ron.
"True" sighed Harry. He was obviously very conflicted, but if he said no it might take Draco down on the path of evil. He obviously wouldn't go to Dumbledore he didn't trust the man.
The others nodded their heads obviously indicating Harry should give him a chance. They must have thought the exact same thing as Harry, otherwise they might not have agreed. Harry was surprised at Ron he had obviously changed a lot more than he realized.
"Are you sure Ron?" asked Harry.
"If we don't he might join them I would probably do the same in his shoes he just wants to be accepted" replied Ron.
"Bring them in" said Harry the rest of the D.A members weren't there yet and wouldn't be for at least half an hour.
Four very nervous Slytherin's shuffled though the door, the looked like they wanted to run now. Harry just stared at them pensively before letting out a loud sight, and began speaking to them.
"You do understand why we are suspicious?" asked Harry softly.
"We do but all we can do is ask, we don't want to join our fathers" sneered Crabbe, it was the longest speech anyone had ever heard him talk.
"Why not?" asked Harry.
"The rumours" said Draco his ice like eyes were wider than normal.
"What rumours?" asked Hermione looking curious.
"That Voldemort's father is a Muggle so he isn't even a half blood" said Nott.
"That's true Voldemort told me himself" smirked Harry.
The four of them began moving even more restless and petrified and disbelieving. They couldn't believe that Voldemort would tell Harry anything never mind that his father was a Muggle.
"He likes to brag before killing someone, he didn't expect Harry to get away." explained Hermione.
"Brag?" whispered Nott.
"Yeah told me his whole life story, how his father left his witch mother and left him in an orphanage how his mother died giving birth to him" said Harry he knew what they were saying was shocking them. At least it wasn't too hard for them to accept after all they had heard the rumours and had believed them or they wouldn't be here.
"Merlin" moaned Draco looking sick.
"You're father knows Draco" said Harry.
"What?" yelped Draco looking if possible even sicker?
"He was in possession of a diary remember, the diary had a name written across it TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE which anagrams to I AM LORD VOLDEMORT" as he spoke he did the same thing Voldemort had and changed the names around.
"You were the one that distracted us" said Ron remembering the incident very well.
"I didn't know what it was!" protested Draco.
"Yes you did and you didn't care…what's changed?" asked Harry with a sneer of his own.
Draco seemed to break down in front of them "I need to protect my mother, my father when he gets back from meetings he hurts her takes his frustration out on her" his eyes were tearing up it was apparent he loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
Harry wondered if he would have loved his mother as much as it was apparent to Draco to beg his school nemesis for help. Harry knew deep down he would do the exact same thing Draco was doing if it was to help his mother.
"What can I do?" asked Harry.
"You have houses you can help her" said Draco desperately.
"Doesn't you're mother?" frowned Harry.
"They all belong to my father, even if I did perform the secret keeper he would still be able to get into them! He's the owner it's his blood not my mums" said Draco.
"She's a black didn't she get to keep anything I mean she is the last black apart from you're aunt and Tonks" replied Harry.
"Only the male heir's get anything, the woman are married off and they don't get anything other than an allowance which isn't very much." said Goyle.
"My mum doesn't get anything the Black accounts stopped giving her any when their mother and father died. Regulus was assumed dead Sirius Black got sent to prison and Bellatrix was in prison too the accounts are in disarray I thought I would be next in line to get the Black accounts but I'm not" said Draco.
"No you're not because I have them Sirius Black gave me them all" said Harry "As his godson and heir before died"
"Heir?" asked Draco wide eyed.
"Not biologically but he named me as his heir I was like a son to him before Bellatrix killed him" said Harry the way he spit the name Bellatrix was ten times worse than how Snape said his last name it had everyone flinching.
"Oh" said Draco surprised but he shouldn't have been.
"You could put her in Grimmauld place use it as a refuge to people" suggested Hermione.
"It would make Dumbledore mad too" smirked Ron.
"That is a benefit on its own" said Harry smirking wryly.
Draco's eyes got even bigger at that, they were purposely pissing off Dumbledore…ok he might have gotten the Golden Trio totally wrong…he had thought they were Dumbledore's lapdogs even if they had fallen of Dumbledore's big pestle.
"Is you're mum any good at decorating?" asked Harry curiously.
"Yes of course" said Draco sounding snobbier than he had intended and grimaced it was much harder to be nice than he thought.
"Perhaps she could decorate Grimmauld Place while she is there I know Molly did a good job on the Kitchen but the rest of the house is a mess!" said Hermione.
"It's true but I think you should get all the Black books and valuable artefacts put into a trunk and brought here" suggested Ron.
"My mother is not a thief" protested Draco angrily.
"I know but half of the objects could be cursed and the Black books could be handy for the war against Voldemort. So we were going to read them" said Ron scornfully he didn't like the way Draco was talking.
The tips of Draco's ears went red "Oh," with a gulp and constipated look on his face he mumbled "I'm sorry."
"Its fine" shrugged Ron he had Death Eaters to worry about not school boy enemies.
"What about you're parents?" asked Harry looking at Nott, Crabbe and Goyle.
"My mum hates it too," whispered Nott "It was an arranged marriage"
"Same for me" said Goyle.
"My mother died five years ago" said Crabbe.
"I'm sorry" said Harry softly; he would have been in his first year at Hogwarts when his mother died.
"Its ok" said Crabbe; he had long suspected his father of killing his mother and making it look like an accident. His father had wanted more children, and his mum had been unable to provide them. She had miscarried all of them, one of them had been still born, he was silently glad she had because he knew his brothers or sisters he could have had would have been forced into the same position as him. It wasn't a position he wished on anyone apart from Voldemort really.
"How quickly can you get in touch with your mother?" asked Harry.
"If you create a fireplace connected to the floo I might be able to from here" whispered Draco.
Harry demanded the room to do what Draco wanted; he used his wand to find out the time and knew his father would be out. Nodding his head he got in touch with his mother and then looked expectantly at Harry.
"Tell her to meet me outside Gringotts in an hour" said Harry.
He nodded and did just that, he had seen Draco's mother once and Draco had his mother's looks. He just hoped she wasn't a stiff lady still or he might loose his patience and shout something nasty at her. He was after all going out of his way to help her and the least she could do was thank him.
"You both do the same" jerked Harry deep in thought.
"Are you going to make me spy for Voldemort for helping my mother?" blurted Draco he couldn't keep that question in any longer if his life had depended on it.
"Why would I do that?" smirked Harry finding the question amusing but he could see where Draco was coming from. It was the sort of thing Dumbledore would have turned around and made Draco do.
Hermione and Ron were laughing silently, what's the point in making someone spy when they can get more information themselves. The visions he got now Voldemort had no idea Harry was there because of the Occlumency walls he can put up now. He got more information that Severus did, he now passed it on to Severus to tell Dumbledore; who had no idea a good chunk of the information came from Harry.
Draco looked upset for a few seconds before his masks were put back up.
"I am not Dumbledore Draco Malfoy and you would do well to remember that" hissed Harry angrily.
"Of course not I'm sorry" said Draco for the second time that night.
"I've got to go to Dumbledore's office then I'm off to Gringotts and then to pick up you're mothers and get them settled in at Grimmauld Place," said Harry.
"Ok" nodded Hermione and Ron together.
"Dobby!" yelled Harry.
"Yes Harry Potter sir?" asked the little elf.
"Isn't that yours?" whispered Crabbe shocked.
"Used to be, I thought father had killed him" whispered Draco looking shocked himself.
"I need you to take all the artefacts and books from Grimmauld Place and put them into trunks and bring them to my favourite room" said Harry. Dobby knew what he meant; Harry wanted him to bring them to Severus' quarters.
"Of course Harry Potter sir" grinned Dobby popping away.
"What do you think Dumbledore wants?" asked Ron cautiously.
"Don't know guess I'll find out, bye for now" grinned Harry before running at top speed to the Headmasters office. It took him a total of two minutes to get from one end of the castle to the other.
"Come in Harry" shouted Dumbledore joyfully.
"What can I do for you Headmaster Dumbledore?" asked Harry sitting down coolly.
"I'm reinstating you as a Quidditch player, you're now allowed to go on Hogsmade weekends and finally I'd like to give you this" smiled Dumbledore handing over the Captain badge.
Harry was genuinely surprised at that, but he knew Dumbledore was only playing nice. He looked at it once before putting it right back on the Headmaster's desk. "I'm done with Quidditch, I don't want to be the Captain but I'll be going to Hogsmade thank you" before walking out before Dumbledore could get another word out.
The twinkle left Dumbledore's eye and he looked furious thinking 'UNGRATEFUL BRAT'
Will Narcissa stupidly stop her chance of sanctuary by insulting Harry? will the other wives? will harry be able to keep them safe? will harry open an black account so she can get money for herself and her son? will anyone else come forward? if so? who? any ideas? R&R plz